Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Starting Chips: 925,000
Hometown: Yorktown, Indiana
Occupation: human resources executive
Poker Achievements: Though he has been playing poker since 1979, this is Tolbert's first WSOP event.
Starting Chips: 466,000
Hometown: Oak Grove, Missouri
Occupation: medical sales representative
Poker Achievements: This is Tebben's third WSOP event since learning to play poker in 1995. He has cashed in a WSOP Circuit event and is making his first big tournament splash today.
Starting Chips: 789,900
Hometown: Cork, Ireland
Occupation: full-time student turned poker pro
Poker Achievements: This is his first final table appearance.
Starting Chips: 535,000
Hometown: Naples, Florida
Occupation: former security guard turned poker pro
Poker Achievements: Gross began playing poker in 2001. He has cashed in a daily deep stack at the Rio but this is his first WSOP cash.
Starting Chips: 844,000
Hometown: Lost Angeles, CA
Poker Achievements: Cai cashed in the 2006 Main Event for $30,000. He has more than $85,000 in career WSOP tournament earnings and hopes to make that number much bigger today.
Starting Chips: 1,660,000
Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA
Occupation: poker pro
Poker Achievements: Pohler finished 4th in a $5,000 No Limit event in 2007, earning $230,000. Today marks his second WSOP final table appearance.
Starting Chips: 2,311,000
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Poker Achievements: Tran finished 7th in a $1,500 No Limit event for over $110,000. He hopes today will overtake that as his biggest cash.
Starting Chips: 2,393,000
Hometown: Mississuaga, ON, Canada
Age: 24
Occupation: poker pro
Poker Achievements: JD previously made a deep run in a Venetian Deep Stack event and has a long list of online tournament cashes. This is his first World Series cash.
Starting Chips: 1,166,000
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Occupation: poker pro
Poker Achievements: Kelso cashed for more than $28,000 when he finished 19th in a 2008 $1,500 No Limit event. This is his first final table appearance.